Volume V in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 18 through 25, devoted to creeping herbs, water herbs, herbs growing on stones, mosses, and cereals.
The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.
By:
Li Shizhen Translated by:
Paul U. Unschuld Imprint: University of California Press Country of Publication: United States Volume: 5 Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 51mm
Weight: 1.361kg ISBN:9780520385054 ISBN 10: 0520385055 Series:Ben cao gang mu: 16th Century Chinese Encyclopedia of Materia Medica and Natural History Pages: 1000 Publication Date:29 March 2022 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director at the Institute for Chinese Life Sciences, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.